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To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (159087)6/14/2020 10:31:07 AM
From: arun gera  Read Replies (1) of 218084
 
This is not what the Black Live Matter is protesting. Anyone should find what happened to Floyd objectionable.

Black killing whites or white killing blacks is a non-issue here. It is that the police, who are paid through tax-payer dollars, need to be more accountable. And we should not defend their bad actions, especially egregious ones, whether the one who is affected is white, black, or brown. And you are trying a little.

Are things at the worst point in history for police brutality? No way. All statistics and my own observation over that last 30+ years seem to indicate that things are getting better. Maybe training. Maybe less pressure on cops as crime is down in general.

But are we all the way there yet? Not yet.

Are all cops bad? No way. Most are not. Cops have helped me a few times over the years when my car has broken down on the highway. Even when a local bank teller called the cops on me for some suspicion that I could not understand, the cops were polite and apologized after their checking. Do bank tellers do that often, I wonder.

Do cops face dangerous situations often? Yes.

Will they make mistakes under presssure? Yes. So if protester comes too close to them with a phone and almost onto his body, a pushback by the cop is understandable, But you cannot defend the cop for spitting on the prone protester, as he passes him.

-Arun
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